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BJP leader attacks former Bihar minister says, 'Go to Pakistan with family' [Watch Video]

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 23 December 2022, 12:09 IST
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui has come under scathing attack from the BJP over his recent remarks on "desh ka mahaul (the situation in the country)" and "advising his children to settle abroad".

In a video, which is being widely shared on the internet, the RJD leader can be heard saying, "My son is studying in Harvard. And the daughter is studying in London. The kind of the situation in the country, which has emerged, I just told my children - find jobs abroad."


"If you can get the citizenship, take it," he further says in Hindi. Suggesting that the country's environment "is no longer conducive" (in an apparent reference to the Muslim community), further, the RJD leader can be heard saying: "You can understand how painful it is for a person to tell his children to leave their homeland. But such are the times that we are living in."

 

Demonstrating displeasure over Siddiqui’s remarks, and dubbing them as "anti-India", BJP spokesperson Nikhil Anand shared a video on his official Twitter handle. "The comment is condemnable, and it reflects the thought-process of the RJD. It just shows the kind of politics the party wants to indulge in. This is politics of religion."

 

"Siddiqui calls himself a secular leader but his comments are anti-India and against Hindus. He should apologise to people of the country. If he feels so suffocated, and if has a problem with all the facilities and comforts that have come his way as a leader, he should go to Pakistan with whole family," said BJP leader.

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First published: 23 December 2022, 12:09 IST